Pasch

Examples

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• These moments of exchange appear to have already been singled out as special moments in the fuller Jewish covenant meals of the Pasch and of the Sabbath.

  Academic text (2006)

• Every injunction to keep Sabbath, to observe the Pasch, and to mark the feast of tents was accompanied by the ethic of remembering those who are now alien, now refugees, now slaves, now hungry.

  Academic text (2006)

• During the Pasch, Jewish families gather to celebrate the liberation of their ancestors from slavery in Egypt.

• Many people travel to Jerusalem to commemorate the Pasch, the important festival in Jewish tradition.

Synonyms

P

Pesach

vsPasch

3 9.3

A Jewish spring festival that remembers the Israelites leaving Egypt and usually lasts eight days

is the same festival named differently in various traditions

P

Passover

vsPasch

1 4.9

A major Jewish festival that remembers the escape from Egypt and is celebrated with a special family meal

is the same celebration but expressed by an alternative name

P

Pascha

vsPasch

1 9.8

A Jewish festival that remembers people leaving slavery in Egypt

is used only for the Jewish festival without Christian usage

P

Pesah

vsPasch

8.6

A Jewish festival lasting eight days that remembers when the Jewish people escaped from Egypt

is the same celebration but given a different traditional name

F

Feast of the Unleavened Bread

vsPasch

7.4

An eight-day Jewish festival in spring that remembers the Israelites leaving Egypt

is the same event but named in ritual terms rather than a simple title

Surface Forms

Etymology